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Method device base station and site for reducing the number of feeders in an antenna diversity system

a technology of diversity and feeders, applied in diversity/multi-antenna systems, modulation, electromagnetic wave modulation, etc., can solve the problems of high cost of feeders, poor efficiency inability to meet the needs of feeders in each branch, so as to reduce the number of feeders

Active Publication Date: 2007-08-16
TELEFON AB LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
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[0014] One object of the invention is to reduce the number of feeders compared with prior art and provide a method device, radio base station and system in accordance with claims 1, 7, 11 and 12.

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It is thus apparent that the feeder in each branch is utilized with poor efficiency.
A drawback with the prior art is that each branch requires its own feeder.
Feeders are expensive.
They are also heavy.
Therefore, systems comprising many diversity antennas are prohibitive from economical point of view although they would be beneficial from reception quality point of view.

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[0031]FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment of the invention. Elements similar to those in FIGS. 1 and 2 bear the same reference designations. A novel tower mounted amplifier 35 comprises frequency converters 36,37, 38, each one connected to a respective antenna 11, 12 and 13 in order to move the frequency of the received RF antenna signal to a respective non-used frequency by mixing the RF antenna signal with a respective reference signal f1, f2, and f3 of a predetermined frequency. The signal received on antenna 10 is not moved in frequency. The reference signal may be a continuous wave signal, CW signal, a signal from a local oscillator or any equivalent.

[0032] The reference signal does not occupy a frequency band. Accordingly, the signal definition given above does not apply to the reference signal. A frequency converter is a device which as input receive the RX antenna signal and mixes it with the reference signal in order to obtain a frequency translated signal on an intermediate ...

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A method, device and system for reducing the number of feeders (2, 3) between a radio base station (1) and an antenna diversity arrangement (10, 11, 12, 13) at which RF signals of the same frequency are received. In a tower mounted amplifier (45) individual RF signals from some or all of the antennas are frequency converted into intermediate frequency (IF) signals on mutually different intermediate frequencies which are combined and forwarded to the radio base station on a reduced number of feeders. In the radio base station the combined signal is split into individual signals amongst which the IF signals are frequency transformed to a signal suitable for diversity processing.

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TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The invention generally relates to tower-mounted amplifiers (TMA) and antenna diversity. In particular the invention relates to a method and arrangement for reducing the number of feeders from an antenna diversity system to a radio base station. DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART [0002] Antenna diversity is used in order to improve reception (or transmission) of transmitted radio signals. There are many kinds of diversity, such as time diversity, space diversity, polarisation diversity and combinations thereof. Space and polarisation diversity reduces the effects of fading received radio signals. [0003] An antenna diversity systems comprises at least two antennas arranged at a distance from each other or with different polarisation. In case of receive diversity the signal (RX signal) from a distant transmitter is received on the two or more antennas. In case of transmitter diversity the transmit signal (TX signal) is transmitted on the two or more tra...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04M1/00H01Q1/00H01Q21/30H04B7/08H04B7/12
CPCH04B7/12H04B7/08
Inventor SKARBY, ULFHEDBERG, BO
Owner TELEFON AB LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
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